Setup guide intro with a product image: +$0.01 to $0.03 a second

Passing product_image on an avatar video raises the per-second rate by $0.01 on Standard, $0.013 on Plus and $0.03 on Max, which adds $0.30, $0.39 and $0.90 to a 30-second setup-guide intro. The same clip costs $5.82, $7.74 and $17.40 with the image.

Rates are from Sume's public catalog, and the field behaviour is in the avatar video guide, both read 2026-10-04. Omit product_image for a productless video.

Rates side by side

A 30-second setup-guide intro

The request

product_image must be a fetchable public HTTPS image URL. Localhost, private-network, non-HTTPS and non-image responses are rejected before provider submission.

curl -X POST https://api.sume.com/v1/avatar-1.0/talking-video \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SUME_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: setup-intro-001" \
  -d '{"avatar_handle": "docs_host", "aspect_ratio": "16:9", "quality": "plus", "product_image": "https://example.com/inputs/device.png", "scene": {"type": "prompt", "prompt": "Clean desk, soft daylight"}, "script": "Welcome. In the next few steps you will plug in the device, connect it to your network, and name it in the app."}'

When the image is worth it

For a setup guide the viewer needs to see which object is meant, so the extra cents are small next to the cost of a confused customer. For a talking-head message with no product, leave the field out.